This picture was of Smokey Yunicks 68 Camaro at Sebring in 1968,driver for Smokey was Lloyd Ruby.This car went on to be Don Yenkos 68 Camaro that was painted white with 2 thin blue stripes.I believe this car is in the hands of Vic Edelbrock now. Dan

Matt,The Grossman/Yenko 1969 Camaro that started as red,then went to white,then went to orange was built for Bob Grossman using 2 Camaros.67,68 found in a Junk yard in NJ.Randy,of Randys Auto Body then made it into a 69 using quarters and front end from a 69.Randy was real good at his trade,did Ferraris,Jaguars for Bob Grossman who owned a Jaguar Dealership in West Nyack NY. Dan

The article is absolutely correct in that the original owner of My 68 396/375hp Camaro knew Smokey Yunick, Bill Jenkins, Wally Booth and others. He was an R/D enginner for GM who worked on the Mark IV engines from the beginning and consulted for these people. He was heavy into the drag racing scene also at the time and campaigned this car to a stock record at Detroit Dragway as documented even itn the Detroit Free Press. This gentleman went on to teach Automotive Power which has a connection with GM in Detriot.

There were at least two Smokey Yunick Camaros that look like 68s. Don won the Citrus 250 in 1969 with one and the other Yunick Camaro was in the same race. There is another article where Smokey took 3 Camaros to Bonneville Salt flats in 68 and set high speed records. Smokey sold them late 68 when he went to work for Ford for a short time.

If you noticed theres no vent windows on the doors,still could of been 67,they changed these out sometimes.Hey EMOTION,I heard Wally Booth is still alive and living in Michigan,is that true? Walley was originally from down south I believe.....Dan

There was a book put out by Martyn Schorr in 1982 called QuickSilver Supercar Series " Chevrolet" and i it some very interesting pictures.On page 36 it shows the 68 (might originally be a 67) Don Yenko Camaro,white with 2 thin blue stripes on it,strobe light in the center of the roof,FLAT with 3 hood pins and tops of fender dark in color,probably blue also to match stripes (pictures are Black and white but takes up half the page).Anyway you can see NO vent windows on this car,you can see Best Photo as sponser ,rear spoiler and number 11 on door,hood and rear deck. Now theres a second Camaro that takes up the other half of the page 67 or 68 Camaro No vent windows.This was sponsered by Jim Rathmann Chevrolet with the number 25 on it.Also has the flat hood with the 3 hood pins in the same location as the Don Yenko Camaro.Also has rear spoiler.Looks identical to the Don Yenko ex Smokey Yunick except for color.Could this be the another Camaro set up by Smokey Yunick??? Dan

Scott,Thanks for posting that,thats the 1969 Bob Grossman/Don Yenko Camaro Sponsered in this race by Marlbank Racing Team of Ft Lauderdale Florida.Owner of Marlbank was Mamie Gregory Reynolds,Of RJ Reynolds Tobacco.This car looks like a 69 but the original body was a 67 or 68 with 69 Nose,69 tail panel and 69 quarters.This was told to me by Randy R of Randys Auto Body who built it.The persons house I went over on Monday that owns the 70 454 JL8 Camaro showed me another picture of this car that I never saw. It showed it with a 67 ,68 rear bumper,later it must of been changed to the 69 style.This was probably taken at the first race when Randys Auto Body was the Sponser.It also said Randy's Rascal on the front fenders,never saw that before!!Bob Grossman and Bob Dini were the first pair of drivers to drive this car. Dan

That picture looks like its from Daytona 1970 when the car was blue and white. I think they ran the 302 at Daytona. I have a picture of this car at Sebring 1970 where it ran the ZL1 engine. Sebring 1969 it was red #5 and also ran the ZL1. I remember reading about the red ZL1 engine car about 10 years ago and thought it was a typo in the magazine. Then I read it again in another old magazine. I ask around at Lime Rock vintage TA race every year but nobody knew anything about it. I met Yenko mechanic who worked on it and he confirmed it was a ZL1 engine and was very fast. I haven't looked at my info in years but I think it blew up at Sebring in 69 but finished in 70. On the 70 Camaro....There was a post years ago on team camaro when the guy bought the car from Smokey. If I remember right, had pictures of him picking it up in pieces on open trailer. I was curious about the hood to see if it was like one I bought from Jenkins because I have a 1970 steel cowl induction hood prototype from chevy engineering given to Grumpy in late 69. Grumpy said mine was only one to survive. I have a large collection of Yenko racing items been collecting since 1986.

Joe,I remembered what you told me about the 70 Cowel hood you bought from Jenkins when I discussed the 70 Camaro on Monday with the owner.This one is not the same as yours,seems it has something built into the bottom of the hood,it's a flat hood.Yours seems to be the only factory made 70 Cowel hood for Camaro!! Dan

But that 1 and only factory cowl hood would be an awesome piece for the 1 and only 70 454 JL8 car made! It's cool finding how these cars and parts were actually made and snuck out the back door but still survive today.

I see this Camaro every week at Edelbrock. It has a big notebook with it. They have it racing a Mustang in the pictures. Vic also has the Mustang. They are not sure if it is a 67 or 68 it is sort of a mix of the 2.3 bolt in door hinge is an add on. Car is really a neat car. Dale